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From ffmpeg-android, I find the repo depends on ffmpeg repo. I find the version of ffmpeg is 3.0.1.

I have tried to edit .gitmodules.

[submodule "ffmpeg"]
    path = ffmpeg
    url = https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git
    branch = release/3.4
[submodule "x264"]
    path = x264
    url = git://git.videolan.org/x264.git
[submodule "freetype2"]
    path = freetype2
    url = git://git.sv.nongnu.org/freetype/freetype2.git
[submodule "libass"]
    path = libass
    url = https://github.com/libass/libass.git
[submodule "fontconfig"]
    path = fontconfig
    url = git://anongit.freedesktop.org/fontconfig

As you see, I add branch = release/3.4.

So I have two questions.

How 3.0.1 version set?
How to change the version to 3.4.2?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

As I explained in "Git submodules: Specify a branch/tag", you can use a git config command to edit the .gitmodules file.

git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.branch <branch>

But then, don't forget to do:

git submodule update --remote

That will update the submodules content to the latest of their assigned branch.

How 3.0.1 version set?

A submodule is a way to record a SHA1 in the parent repo. If that SHA1 is the commit tagged 3.0.1, that is a way for a parent repo to reference the 3.0.1 tag of a submodule.

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